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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 7: Other Waters and Philosophical Earth

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Daß nicht wenig derjenigen seyen / welche uff diese Meynung gerathen und solche Wort dem Buchstaben nach verstehen / auch hierdurch irr gemacht werden / ist ausser Zweiffel. Massen einer der nicht geringen Verstand in nostrâ Philosophiâ & arte zu haben / sich persuadiren möchte / sothane Meynung gegen mir auffs äusserste behaupten wollen. Aber: O des grossen Irrthumbs! O der groben Unwissenheit der Natur! Sintemahln / und wann wir dieselbe nur im wenigsten betrachten / so befinden wir / daß sie in allen dreyen Regnis, in ihren operationibus, per gradus, und nicht per saltus, auch gantz lieblich / und keines wegs gewaltthätig agiret / nicht weniger alles mit der Zeit verrichtet / und vor der Zeit nichts herfür bringt.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 7: Other Waters and Philosophical Earth

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There is no doubt that many have adopted this opinion, understand those words literally and are thereby misled. One man who wished to persuade himself that he possessed considerable understanding of our philosophy and art even insisted on this opinion against me with the greatest vehemence. But what a great error! What gross ignorance of nature! If we consider nature even a little, we find that in all three kingdoms it operates by degrees, not by leaps, gently and without violence. It also accomplishes everything in time and brings forth nothing before its time.

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About This Reading Edition

An anonymous Hermetic treatise of 1680, presented in its original German and Latin with a new English translation, 279 explanatory notes, the historical phoenix frontispiece, an introduction, reading guide, outline, glossary, bibliography, and original registers.

Historical Text and Translation

Anonymous, Candida Phoenix philosophica. Frankfurt am Main: Christian Hermsdorff, 1680. The chosen witness is the Wellcome Library copy digitized as b32993456; German and Latin, with French, Greek, and Hebrew passages retained.

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This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

Rights

The 1680 source is identified as public domain by the Wellcome/Internet Archive record. The supplied 2026 transcription, English translation, introduction, notes, reading guide, outline, glossary, bibliography, and editorial arrangement are published with the site owner’s authorization. The frontispiece is retained from the supplied edition and credited to its historical witness.